The Brookhaven leader., 1887-12-15
CITY COUNCIL.

At meeting OF the Board of Mayor ard
Aldermen of the city of Brookhav held
at the Mayors office on December 9Th,
there were present: His Honor f + Bren-
nyn, Mayor, Aldermen Atkins, Baker and
krauss
The City Treasurer presented his report
for the quarter ending November 80,
which was examined by the board, care
fully compared with the receipts of the
Mayor, Marshal and Secretary and the
cancelled warrants produced by the treas
urer were carefully compared with the
stubs of the Secretarys warrant book; the
stubs marked cancelled and were burned
In open court.
The report was then approved, ordered
published and filed.
In the matter of the right of privilege of
purchasing property forfeited to the city of
BIookhaven for non-payment of taxes, the
board heard the argument OF counsel OF
two OF the parties and after considering
the same postponed any action of the mat
ter or decision until some future meeting,
at which time notice is to be given by the
Mayor to all persons claiming or privilege
to the case.
The report OF the trustees of the city
schools on being presented showed that
the attendance of the school for colored
children required an additional assistant
teacher and said trustees having selected
Mrs. NJ Bryan as third assistant of said
school at a salary of twenty five dollars
per month be paid to her. 1t is ordered
by the board that said Mrs. Bryan be en-
ployed as third assistant teacher of that
school at the salary above stated, and that
she report at once to first assistant = +
Williams for duty.
The following arcounts were allowed
and warrants ordered to be issued for
them:
+ + Brennan, salary as mayor for No
vember $50.
Aaron Hurst salary as marshal for No
vember $50.
b 1 Atkins salary as Secretary SIS.
l. Alcus salary as lamp lighter $500.
j Z Hardy rent of mayors office So.
L Lucich rent of secretary's office $3.50.
NJ Nalty drayage and removing dead
animals to date $40.
NJ Nalty drayage of benches for the
schools five dollars.
I J Decell wood for school ESQ.
+ Bowsky nails Tor school house 40c.
IL Nj Ellis work on school house So.
Jack Weems work on school house 49,
TT Decell wood for mayors office so.
Il t Mead Co. glass for school house 95
Plenty Robbins one days work on streets
and days work on school house 2.
j b Nalty lumber for school house 05.
John B Nalty lumber for streets to date,
20 92.
1t is ordered by the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Brookhaven
that the following taxes be levied for the
of 1887 for the city school for the teachers
salary and general additional expenses of
the city school the sum of three mills on
the dollar of the value of real and person.
al property in the corporation of Brook
haven; and the sum of five mills on the
dollar on the value of real estate and per-
sonal property in the corporation for gen.
eral city purposes, and it is ordered that
that the city tax collector prepare and
have ready by January first 1888 the tax
receipts OF all the city tax payers and said
city tax collector and treasurer are hereby
ordered not to receive in payment Of taxes
any warrant issued by the authority of
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen after
January first 1888, except such warrant
are issued in payment of claims due be-
fore that time.
The board then adjourned.